First Carbon Neutral City
Sadly, it is not a city in the United Kingdom, it is in fact in Southeast Asia, a city called Puerto Princesa in the Phillipines. Most countries are now looking for ways to lead carbon neutral lives, which is easier said than done, but for this one city in the ...
Read moreBeware the Rogue Solar Salesmen
As solar panel sales are at an all time high everybody seems to be looking for ways to save money on their ever increasing energy bills. They’re also trying to live greener lives, so it comes as no surprise that there are rogue traders out there trying to get in ...
Read moreAnglian Improves By £7m In Profits
We at Anglian are very pleased to announce our turnover has risen fantastically by £900,000 to £210.1 m in the financial year to March. But with operating profits, excluding exceptional items, rose from £11.5m in 09/10 to £18.5m. We also reduced our bank debt by £6.4m in the previous year ...
Read moreVertical Streets
I am always looking at new and inventive ideas (probably because I am not clever enough to think of my own) and happened to come across this blog. Rising land prices seems to mean rising buildings in major cities, so CK Designs have come up with this Vertical Street idea ...
Read more£20 to Drive The Length of Britain!
To drive a typical family vehicle from John O’Groats to Lands End would cost you in the region of £138 in fuel alone, but in the new Tesla Roadster you can do it for as little as £20! Kevin Sharpe, founder of charity Zero Carbon World, was the man making ...
Read moreFeed-In-Tariff Set For Cuts
As we all know the government is making major cuts across all industries, communities and schemes to try and improve the current state of the economy, so it doesn’t come as much of a surprise that the Feed-In-Tariff (FIT) on Photovoltaic solar energy production is being reduced. As of August ...
Read moreToyota To Use Solar Power
More and more companies are jumping on board the solar train, this time it’s Toyota. They are planning to run their factory in Derbyshire off 17,000 photovoltaic solar panels. The £10 million project will generate 4.6 million kilowatts of energy every year, saving a massive 2,000 tonnes of carbon, helping ...
Read more£10,000 to Green Your Home
By 2020 the government is hoping to have 14 million homes energy efficient to help drive down the costs of family energy bills, gives you warmer homes and increase the prices of our homes. New plans are being unveiled to help improve our homes energy efficiency, giving up to £10,000 ...
Read moreElectric Vehicle Tariff To Be Introduced?
npower, one of the UK’s largest energy suppliers has announced plans to launch Britain’s first Electric Vehicle tariff, rewarding customers with lower rates if they recharge at home or if they plug their car in during off-peak times. Rob Harper, group project manager at npower said, “As an energy company, ...
Read moreFirst Solar Flight Success!
For superstitious people, Friday 13th hardly seems the right day to test an aeroplane that runs completely on solar panels, but that didn’t stop the team at Solar Impulse. They had been waiting for the perfect conditions to make the first International flight in a solar power aircraft for weeks ...
Read moreNanosolar To Generate 1 GW In Europe
Futuristic solar panel company Nanosolar are planning on extending their solar capacity across Europe, signing long-term supply deals with 3 European firms. The company produces Silicon Valley-based thin film solar panels, which are now going to be installed by Germany’s Belectric and Plain energy, as well as EDF Energies Nouvelles ...
Read moreHis Name Is Rio And He Wants To Be Green
It seems that the green issues we are facing are being incorporated and supported by more and more people, but I didn’t expect to read that England and Manchester United captain, Rio Ferdinand, is leading the way for energy efficiency in the footballing world. In an interview with the Guardian ...
Read moreEurope’s Energy Efficiency Needs More Focus
Responsible Energy for European Regions Report has claimed that the drive for energy efficiency needs to be focused on more than just home improvements. They suggest that energy efficiency measures should be implemented throughout the whole power chain, rather than just the end users, which I think is a perfectly ...
Read moreDo You Shop on Your Mobile Phone?
Now that mobile phones are so high-tech, you can do pretty much anything on them, but do you do your shopping on it? Various companies have now got apps to do your shopping, or have a mobile website to make your online shopping experience easier, but do you trust it? ...
Read moreAberdeen City Council Looks to Install Solar Panels
Aberdeen City Council is planning to install solar panels on publically-owned buildings, which could potentially save them roughly £100,000 a year. With that much saving, image how many pairs of shoes you could buy! According to The Press and Journal, there have been proposals to outline a scheme so they ...
Read moreFREE Solar Energy Installation in Saturday’s Daily Telegraph
Anglian Home Improvements have got two amazing competitions in the Telegraph this weekend, as well as an 8 page supplement full of hints and tips to get the most out of your home improvements. The first competition is giving you the chance to win £10,000 worth of Anglian Home Improvements ...
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